Several studies have attempted to understand what may influence the bacterial community of a host, but studies examining whether different bacterial species are found in different parts of the body of insects are limi...Several studies have attempted to understand what may influence the bacterial community of a host, but studies examining whether different bacterial species are found in different parts of the body of insects are limited. In the present study, we address the following questions: 1) How are bacterial communities distributed across different parts of the body (head, mesosoma, gaster) of Camponotus and 2) Is the diversity found explained by the environment in which these ants were collected? Our results were able to differentiate the bacterial communities present in the different parts of the body and can be explained in the following way: each part of the body has unique organs with different functions;and the complex proventriculum of Camponotus may be acting as a filter and structuring the bacterial community found in the gaster. In addition, an unexpected finding of the present study was the high diversity found associated with the head and mesosoma, and our findings were able to confirm that this diversity is associated with the environment where the ants were collected. Knowing more about the factors that can influence bacterial communities may reveal more about the importance of these associations in nature.展开更多
Endosymbiotic bacteria of insects can facilitate host expansion into novel niches by providing their host with a fitness benefit such as vitamins or amino acids that are otherwise lacking in their hosts’diet.This clo...Endosymbiotic bacteria of insects can facilitate host expansion into novel niches by providing their host with a fitness benefit such as vitamins or amino acids that are otherwise lacking in their hosts’diet.This close association can lead to cospeciation between insects and their symbionts;however,the symbionts’small genome size leaves it susceptible to genome derogation which can result in symbiont replacement.Here,we screen chewing lice infesting shorebirds and terns to see what endosymbiotic bacteria are present,and build a summary phylogeny that includes louse endosymbiont sequences from this study as well as those from other louse genera,insects and bacteria strains from GenBank.We found a Sodalis-allied endosymbiont in Carduiceps,Lunaceps,Quadraceps,and Saemundssonia,as well as symbionts belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae in Lunaceps,and Quadraceps.No louse species were host to both endosymbionts;however,the birds Kentish Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus)and Greater Crested Tern(Thalasseus bergii)were host to two genera of lice,each of which was infested with a different group of endosymbionts.In the summary phylogeny the endosymbionts from shorebirds,and tern lice did not form a monophyletic group,and therefore likely acquired their bacterial endosymbionts multiple times.展开更多
文摘Several studies have attempted to understand what may influence the bacterial community of a host, but studies examining whether different bacterial species are found in different parts of the body of insects are limited. In the present study, we address the following questions: 1) How are bacterial communities distributed across different parts of the body (head, mesosoma, gaster) of Camponotus and 2) Is the diversity found explained by the environment in which these ants were collected? Our results were able to differentiate the bacterial communities present in the different parts of the body and can be explained in the following way: each part of the body has unique organs with different functions;and the complex proventriculum of Camponotus may be acting as a filter and structuring the bacterial community found in the gaster. In addition, an unexpected finding of the present study was the high diversity found associated with the head and mesosoma, and our findings were able to confirm that this diversity is associated with the environment where the ants were collected. Knowing more about the factors that can influence bacterial communities may reveal more about the importance of these associations in nature.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 32001098&31961123003)the Introduction of Full-Time High-Level Talent Fund of the Institute of Zoology,Guangdong Academy of Sciences(grant GIABR-GJRC201701)+2 种基金GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development(2022GDASZH-2022010106 and 2019GDASYL-0203001)the Foreign Young Talent Plan(QN20200130012)the Pearl River Talent Recruitment Program of Guangdong Province(Grant,2019QN01N968).
文摘Endosymbiotic bacteria of insects can facilitate host expansion into novel niches by providing their host with a fitness benefit such as vitamins or amino acids that are otherwise lacking in their hosts’diet.This close association can lead to cospeciation between insects and their symbionts;however,the symbionts’small genome size leaves it susceptible to genome derogation which can result in symbiont replacement.Here,we screen chewing lice infesting shorebirds and terns to see what endosymbiotic bacteria are present,and build a summary phylogeny that includes louse endosymbiont sequences from this study as well as those from other louse genera,insects and bacteria strains from GenBank.We found a Sodalis-allied endosymbiont in Carduiceps,Lunaceps,Quadraceps,and Saemundssonia,as well as symbionts belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae in Lunaceps,and Quadraceps.No louse species were host to both endosymbionts;however,the birds Kentish Plover(Charadrius alexandrinus)and Greater Crested Tern(Thalasseus bergii)were host to two genera of lice,each of which was infested with a different group of endosymbionts.In the summary phylogeny the endosymbionts from shorebirds,and tern lice did not form a monophyletic group,and therefore likely acquired their bacterial endosymbionts multiple times.
